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Day or night, hot or cooler, Takuma Sato continued to show everyone the quick way around Phoenix on Saturday afternoon. After posting the fastest lap in Friday's opening session and then backing it up with the second-fastest speed behind teammate Graham Rahal on Friday night, Sato set quick time in Saturday's 80-degree temperatures. The 2017 Indianapolis 500 winner threw in a lap of 19.392 second...

The FIA is working "very closely" with IndyCar on the development of the windscreen ( pictured above ) in order to understand its future viability for Formula 1, RACER has learned. Following development over the past two years, the FIA has adopted the Halo cockpit protection device ( pictured below ) in a number of its championships, with Formula 1, Formula 2 and the next generation Formula E car...

The first day of IndyCar open testing with the 2018 aero package at Phoenix left a number of drivers concerned about their ability to pass other cars and cope with traffic. However, Andretti Autosport's Ryan Hunter-Reay noted that there were more elements to factor into the performance equation â if not a lot of time, given the limitations on testing, to come to terms with them all. "I don't know...

Some of the finest Verizon IndyCar Series drivers wore looks of exasperation after getting their first taste of running close together at Phoenix International Raceway. The three-hour Friday night session, run in the same approximate time when the April 7 race takes place, gave teams a chance to send their drivers out to sample the new-for-2018 bodywork and gauge the effects of the rather low dow...

Graham Rahal led a Rahal Letterman Lanigan 1-2 in the evening session of Friday's full-field IndyCar test at Phoenix. Rahal's 189.090mph was the fastest time of the test up to this point, and put him fractionally ahead of teammate â and afternoon session leader â Takuma Sato, who posted 189.065mph. "So far so good," Rahal told RACER. "We're not 'there' yet, but the good thing is it seems like our...

Chevrolet has appointed Rob Buckner as its new IndyCar program manager; a role that had remained vacant since his predecessor Chris Berube was redeployed within GM at the end of 2015. Buckner moves across to IndyCar from Chevrolet's NASCAR engine program, although he has previous IndyCar experience as an engineer on Sebastien Bourdais' pitbox between 2013 and 2015. Prior to moving into motorsport...

Four-time Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais and RACER's Marshall Pruett dive into the significant handling differences being experienced during the Phoenix IndyCar test with the new 2018 lower downforce bodywork and other topics from Friday in Arizona.

Takuma Sato set the pace in a low-key afternoon session in the first day of Verizon IndyCar Series testing at Phoenix. Sato, who this year is making his return to Rahal Letterman Lanigan, completed 44 laps with a best speed of 187.022mph to claim the top spot. Penske's Simon Pagenaud was best of the rest at 187.611mph, with Foyt's Tony Kanaan rounding out the top three at 186.112mph. But with the...

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports race engineer Leena Gade visits with RACER's Marshall Pruett to discuss her new challenge in the Verizon IndyCar Series after reaching the top of her profession in sports cars with the Le Mans-winning Audi Sport LMP1 team. "There was a bit of a feeling of been there, done that , kind of ticked all the boxes Ã¢ÂÂ not to say that there's not more to achieve because ther...

RACER's Marshall Pruett and Dale Coyne Racing's Sebastien Bourdais break down Thursday's activities at Phoenix International Raceway's Verizon IndyCar Series test for rookies, discuss the lingering electrical problems being experienced throughout the paddock, and close with the tests done with the series' new deflector cockpit protection device.

Scott Dixon and RACER's Marshall Pruett discuss the first test of IndyCar's new cockpit deflector protection unit at Phoenix International Raceway where the Chip Ganassi Racing driver completed three outings with the device.